Brian vargo, an auto repair mechanic who remains unemployed because he refuses to work for less than $1,000 an hour, is:

The answer is he is not part of the labor force. Since the labor force is comprises of the employed and the unemployed. The remainder— persons who are neither employed nor unemployed are not in the labor force. This group comprises retired persons, students, those taking care of children or other family members, and others who are neither working nor seeking work. Since the mid-1990s, naturally fewer than 1 in 10 people not in the labor force stated that they want a job.